Evaluation of the biocompatibility of novel peptide hydrogel in rabbit eye
- 2 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials
- Vol. 93B (2), 324-332
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.31562
Abstract
A peptide containing a RGD (arginine-glycine-aspartic acid) sequence as well as a hydrophobic N-fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl (FMOC) tail was prepared via a standard FMOC solid-phase peptide synthesis technique. The supramolecular self-assembly of such peptide through π–π stacking from FMOC tail can transfer the peptide aqueous solution into a three-dimensional hydrogel. The biocompatibility of the peptide hydrogel was evaluated via clinical follow-up and histological analysis. The data obtained demonstrated that the peptide hydrogel exhibited good biocompatibility when injected to the subconjunctival space and anterior chamber of rabbit, indicating a potential application in ophthalmology as an implantable drug delivery system for the treatment to ocular anterior segment diseases such as glaucoma, iridocyclitis, and keratopathy. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part B: Appl Biomater, 2010Keywords
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